Lpd depletion reveals that SRF specifies radial versus tangential migration of pyramidal neurons
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- 24 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 13 (8), 989-995
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2292
Abstract
During brain development, pyramidal neurons migrate from the ventricular zone to reach their final destination in the cortex. In vivo depletion experiments shows that lamellipodin, through an effect on serum response factor, determines the neuronal migration mode in the developing cortex. During corticogenesis, pyramidal neurons (∼80% of cortical neurons) arise from the ventricular zone, pass through a multipolar stage to become bipolar and attach to radial glia1,2, and then migrate to their proper position within the cortex1,3. As pyramidal neurons migrate radially, they remain attached to their glial substrate as they pass through the subventricular and intermediate zones, regions rich in tangentially migrating interneurons and axon fibre tracts. We examined the role of lamellipodin (Lpd), a homologue of a key regulator of neuronal migration and polarization in Caenorhabditis elegans, in corticogenesis. Lpd depletion caused bipolar pyramidal neurons to adopt a tangential, rather than radial-glial, migration mode without affecting cell fate. Mechanistically, Lpd depletion reduced the activity of SRF, a transcription factor regulated by changes in the ratio of polymerized to unpolymerized actin. Therefore, Lpd depletion exposes a role for SRF in directing pyramidal neurons to select a radial migration pathway along glia rather than a tangential migration mode.Keywords
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